| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Note |
First published in 1980. |
| Summary |
New York Times-bestselling author Dorothy Eden brings World War I-era England to vibrant life in this romantic saga in which destiny turns a ladys maid into a lady It is spring of 1915. Spoiled twenty-one-year-old Clemency Jervis and her Fifth Avenue entourage board the Lusitania, bound for England, where Clemency is to marry the dashing Lord Hugo Hazzard of Loburn. A few miles off the Irish coast, the ship is torpedoed by the Germans. One of the few survivors is Clemencys maid, Hetty Brown, a young woman who resembles her mistress. Surprised to be taken for Clemency, Hetty carries out a daring deception that makes her a noblemans wife and the mistress of a magnificent country estate, despite doubts about her among some in her aristocratic new set.Suspenseful, surprising, and heartwarming, The American heiress is a tale of love, war, and the far-reaching, often-unexpected consequences of our actions. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive, viewed July 12, 2013). |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Romance / Historical / General
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746 |
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FICTION / General
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1914 - 1918 |
| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Romantic suspense novels.
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War stories.
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Electronic books.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: |
| ISBN |
9781480429376 (electronic bk.) |
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1480429376 (electronic bk.) |
| Music # |
EB00128320 Recorded Books |
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